transactions; dealings; business
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
field; farm; stray (dog, cat, etc.); stranger (in an online multiplayer game); random player
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
legend; folklore; tradition
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to grow up; to become an adult
article; news story; report; account
survival; survivor; relic
immediately; right away; on the spot
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
wrong; different; not like that
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to go to the bathroom; to go to the restroom; to excuse oneself
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)